Floral Friday – Flowers taken in Infrared

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1. I wouldn’t have known these were taken with an infrared camera but now you tell us I can see it in some of them at least, especially the one bottom left. But it doesn’t matter how you take them when the results are this lovely!

   1. They turned out differently to how I thought they would. I always thought infrared would be bad for macro Seems I was wrong. Thank you so much Sarah.

2. It would be nice if you paired an IR photo of a flower with the usual colour photo. I wonder whether light and dark colours look different in IR

   1. I didn’t think of that, I did consider using the colour from the colour photos to hand colour them. It is interesting because all these flowers were coloured, except the last one which was white. The first one was pink blossoms, the second was a bright orange, the third was a soft blue, the fourth was purple, the fifth bright red, the sixth purple and the last, as I said white. I hope that helps. Thank you IJ.

3. Like you, they almost seem to be just B & W. I like them though.

   I sold my first 150-500mm Sigma lens (about $1093 new) for $640 I think, back in 2015 on E-bay. First query about it actually bought it. It was in perfect condition, but I needed some funds to buy my Sony a6000 & Sony 18-200mm lens set-up. I also traded my Canon 100mm f2.8 lens at Michael’s Camera store (now closed due to COVID’S downturn in business) to put the funds towards the Sony. I regretted selling both. But when you need money, you need money.

   I went on to buy another Sigma 150-500mm. I missed my bird photography so much. I never repurchased another dedicated Macro lens, but found a 17-55 f2.8 on sale for $636 which almost does the same job. I have a Canon 50mm f1.4 which is gathering dust. Great lens, but you can’t get close enough to an insect.

   My younger brother tells me E’bay’s fees have gone up considerably since then.

   1. They are a bit different, but glad you like them Vicki.
      I know what you mean about needing money. I couldn’t live without my macro lens, it is one of my favourite lenses. Though the 150-600mm I’ve considered, but don’t think I would use it enough. I have quite a few Nikon lenses collecting dust, I should sell them, but it is hard to work out where. You’re brother is right, Ebay is a lot more expensive.
      Thank you Vicki.

4. These are beautiful Leanne. The whites a much brighter, but not washed out, than with a normal camera. I would wonder whether these were taken with an infrared camera. Of course, you do much better at infrared than most photographers.

   1. Thank you Anne. I think the whites are because of the infrared, none of the flowers were white, well except for the last one. Quite a few of them were dark coloured flowers. That is really nice of you to say Anne, I’m excited to be exploring it again.

5. These are wonderful, Leanne.

   1. Thank you Sally.

6. Yeah!!!!!! I love the photos and have never seen anything like this type of image. So glad you were able to get it fixed.

   1. Thank you, I didn’t think they would work, that the flowers wouldn’t stand out. Glad you liked them.

7. Infrared is good! It’s so amazing looking, Leanne.

   1. Thank you John, it gives an intresting effect.

8. Bring them on!

   1. I will Sandy, lol thank you.

   2. You bet.

   3. 😁😁

9. That’s a cool effect

   1. I think so too, thanks Beth.

10. Infrared or black and white–they sure are pretty!

    1. Thank you Lois.

11. Your infrared images of the flowers are lovely, seems to give them a delicate feel. Looking forward to more images.

    1. Thank you, glad you liked them. I can’t wait to get out more with it.

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